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WELCOME!
Writing About Art
PROFESSOR SARAH COHN
REFERENCE & INSTRUCTION LIBRARIAN
October 28, 2024
ART
RESEARCH
IN
AGENDA
What are you looking for?
Library databases
Getting help
TODAY'S
What information do you need to contextualize the artwork or artist?
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Artist biography
- Encyclopedia, retrospective catalog
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Movement biography
- Encyclopedia
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Contemporaneous accounts
- Newspapers, documentaries
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Social, political, cultural environment
- Scholarly article, encyclopedia, newspapers, retrospectives
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Historical perspective
- Scholarly articles, obituaries, books
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Scholarly analysis
- Scholarly articles, books
DATABASES
LIBRARY
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OneSearch
- Books (print and electronic), scholarly articles
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JSTOR
- Scholarly articles, book chapters, images
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NYT Historical
- Newspaper articles
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Grove Art
- Encyclopedia, background, overviews
library.ccny.cuny.edu
OneSearch box
Databases link
- Access to all 200+ databases at CCNY
- Alphabetical or sort by subject
- Log in with your CityMail info
- Simple search bar option
- Meta-search
- Searches multiple databases at once
- Print books, ebooks, articles
- Log in with your CUNY single login info
but not all of them!
HELP
GETTING
Professor Sarah Cohn
Reference & Instruction Librarian
scohn@ccny.cuny.edu
Reference Desk
Monday-Thursday 10am-7pm
Friday 10am-2pm
library.ccny.cuny.edu/researchtoolkit
Research Toolkit
library.ccny.cuny.edu/chat
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This survey has 4 questions: 2 on the content of the class and 2 on my teaching style. It should take 5 minutes or less to complete.
The survey is anonymous and I will not see the results until the end of the semester.
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Art Fall 24 Cole Southard
By Sarah Cohn
Art Fall 24 Cole Southard
Writing About Art
